张曦 (画家)

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生平

张曦，1984年出生于中国。2003年毕业于北京工艺美校，同年通过北京电影学院电影摄影专业考试；2004年至美。2008年毕业于美国Rocky Mountain College of Art Design美术学院，获学士学位；同年考入美国科罗拉多大学美学学院并获全额奖学金。2011年毕业于美国科罗拉多大学美术学院，获硕士学位。 2008年，张曦获得由Denver Post颁发的年度艺术新人奖。2011年，获得艺术拓荒者奖。2012年获美国科罗拉多州最杰出的12位艺术奖并被评为首席;同年，由美国双年展组委选拔及资助，张曦以艺术家身份代表美国双年展参加为期一个月的阿根廷艺术交流会。展览包括美国科罗拉多当代美术馆，美国白宫，美国Litton美术馆，Plus画廊，Rule画廊，Stay画廊等。电视报道包括美国新闻电视台CNN, PBS, Channel 7等；杂志报刊包括《艺术》，《Denver Post》，《Art ltd》，《5280》，《westword》等。作品收藏包括丹佛美术馆，收藏家Tom Whitten, Michael Micketti, Dr.Wayne Yakes, Kira Van Lil and Christoph Heinrich等等。

部分西方评论家语录

"Influenced by pop culture and social media platforms, Xi Zhang mines material for his art from what he refers to as “twenty-first century DNA”--Facebook, video games, advertisements, and Google searches. He combines an eye-popping palette with traditional oil painting techniques to examine how modern identities and relationships become disjointed in our frenetic, digital world. Zhang’s creations comment on the mind-altering effects of contemporary society’s addiction to technology, echoing the psychedelic art of the 1960s." 美国科罗拉多当代美术馆

“Xi’s is a perfect example of an artist who comes from abroad, makes Denver his home and creates new work that really captures that duality of cultures,” Tariana Navas-Nieves, Manager for Cultural Programs at Arts and Venues Denver, 美国KUNC电台 July 18, 2013

"Talk about potential. Xi Zhang is brimming with it. His solo exhibition, which concludes its all-too-short run Saturday at the Rule Gallery, would be a notable accomplishment for a veteran artist. But considering that Zhang is 23 and just graduated last month from the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design with a bachelor of fine arts degree,it's nothing short of astonishing..........This young Chinese artist already possesses an integrated, well-developed and surprisingly mature artistic vision, which plays itself out with impressive creativity........Make no mistake. In the exploding Chinese art scene,Zhang has everything it takes to become a major player." Kyle MacMillan, "Emerging artist Xi Zhang delves into notion of identity in masses," Denver Post, May 2, 2008

"Classical and contemporary. Eastern philosophy and Western sensibilities. Pixelations and paint. These elements collide in fascinating, often unexpected ways in the smart, quickly evolving paintings of 26-year-old Xi Zhang, who is finishing a master of fine arts degree at the University of Colorado a to Boulder..........It might seem logical for an artist so obviously in tune with technology to render this updated imagery using a digital medium. but Zhang likes the subtlety and link to the past that painting provides.He grew up looking to the West for artistic inspiration (his father was a big fan of abstract expressionism). and it was only after he was in this country for a few years that he really began to pay attention to traditional Chinese painting.........Here and elsewhere in his work, he offers fresh, of-the-moment takes on those enduring, inescapable questions: What is old and what is new? What is reality and what is illusion? " Kyle MacMillan, "Pathmakers 2011: Xi Zhang - Working with tradition, but adding 21st century twists," The Denver Post, January 2,2011

"The scope of Xi Zhang's work is as expansive as his native China. Although, like his home here in America, it moves within a boiling cauldron of pop culture mixed with soul that is,at once, frantic, effortlessly organic and as glossy as an Apple commercial. The effulgence emanating from his mind into his fingertips through the quick-drying acrylic on his canvases makes us question what it means to be human, to be alive, in this incredible time we find ourselves." Elliot Riis, "Psychadelic Prospector- Zhang!"- 303 MAGAZINE, March 2012

"Xi's painted worlds feel hallucinogenic, mysterious and deeply psychological. Xi illustrates his observations on interpersonal communication. modern technology and the intimacies of his childhood in China with a tremendous amount of exuberance and intrigue. From the basic academic viewpoint. Xi's individual style breaks all the rules: figures crash through barriers to float wildly, erotic and esoteric subjects coexist with the banal haphazardly,geometric overlays and bold mash-ups of color on frequently metallic-foiled grounds electrify his surface treatments. The overall effect is essentially a cacophony of visual stimuli-Kirkland meets Kierkegaard meets Kerouac-much like the world we all live in today, and the world Xi passionately interprets. It's safe to say Xi Zhang, with the undying support and enthusiasm of lvar Zeile at Plus Gallery, has cemented his position among the Nation's leading contemporary painters in an astonishingly short amount of time.............He is certainly promoting the dawn of a new age for China as well as contemporary art on a global scale, but he isn't just a cog in the Chinese Contemporary Art market to himself or his supporters at Plus Gallery. He's a great painter. who happens to be Chinese.who has already enriched the cultural landscape of Denver, and deserves our attention and support for yawning at the boredom of convention with simple materials like paint. paper and canvas. Let's hope curators here and abroad agree. and collect his work for all the right reasons for many decades to come." Christopher Fox, lOQ: Xi Zhang," The Denver Dart, March 3, 2012

"The paintings in 11 Ceremonies have an ambitious quality from several perspective Ves. Including technique, subject matter and,most important. a kind of visual charisma. This final characteristic makes Zhang's works seem more monumental than they actually are - though they are pretty large. According to the artist's written statement the paintings have to do with Zhang's interest in social media, but this is hard to see. That's because they are so apparently hand-wrought, and thus seem to be worlds away from the computer and the Internet. so while social media may be a source, it's possible to ignore this aspect and to focus instead on Zhang's accomplished sense for composition and his striking expertise in putting paint to canvas.......Among the many strengths of Zhang's paintings are their elaborately intriguing surfaces and their strong and widely varied palettes, which differ from canvas to canvas.......Zhang·s taste for bold palettes is clear evidence of his origins in Chinese aesthetics. but he also channels the recent art history of figuration in America and Europe.making the resulting works extremely sophisticated on several levels."Xi Zhang and Out Figured shows provide strong counter-currents to abstraction.." Michael Paglia West word,April 3.2012

"A blend of cultures-Zhang was born in China and moved to the United States with his family when he was 19-Zhang has long been interested in dualities: virtual versus real,East versus West, old versus new. His trippy paintings merge lifelike drawings of real people with abstract shapes and colors. And in exploring a very modern concept-social media-Zhang intentionally uses paint, one of art's oldest mediums." Daliah Singer ·Outside The Lines- The Modernist Xi Zhang; 5280,September 2012

"Xi Zhang -- a traveler to the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design,all the way from Kaifeng, China •• brought with him an almost uncanny. fully formed spirit of contemporary Chinese painting. This small,tight,color-splashed show at Plus Gallery sealed the deal, reminding us that we had a skilled genius in our midst."Susan Froyd Twelve Denver arts flashbacks from 2012, Westword,Dec. 28 2012

"Plus Gallery artist Xi Zhang is off to Buenos Aires next week for the month long artists residency program URRA. Zhang's journey to Argentina's one of the first programs supported by Platform 5280 Denver Biennial of the Americas. a major honor as Xi gets to represent Denver's thriving artistic community abroad and interact with over 13 artists from around the world. Zhang is also the only US based artist to be selected for the URRA program this year. so he will also be representing the country that recently approved his citizenship." lvar Zeile Plus Gallery Blog,October 2012

获奖

代理画廊

Plus 画廊 (2010 至今)
Rule Gallery (2007 至 2010)
宋庄合作社 (2006 至 2009)
Stay 画廊 (2006)
Remmi Fine Art 画廊 (2005 至 2006)

部分个展

2013 "２１世纪DNA" McNichols 美术馆
2012 "11个宴会" Plus 画廊
2011 "Awaking Dreams" Plus 画廊
2010 "the promise" Denver International Airport
2010 "Dream Dusts" 河大美术馆
2008 "12921" Rule 画廊
2006 "Never Land" (peace project) 丹佛当代美术馆
2006 Littleton 美术馆

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